Legal Question in Intellectual Property in California

Message Board Posts

Are message board posts conisdered part of public domain? Can they be freely copied from board to board?


Asked on 3/09/06, 7:30 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys

Re: Message Board Posts

The answer turns on what the terms of service say. Generally the answer is that messages on a public message board over the internet are the property of the owner of the message board, much like a letter to the editor of a newspaper becomes the property of the newspaper upon its receipt. The terms of service, however, may say differently.

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Answered on 3/10/06, 12:33 am


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